Housing Department provides funding to buyers

11:36 PM,
Nov. 18, 2012

LeaAnn Meek and her son Caleb in front of the home Meek was able to buy with the city's assistance.

Written by

Lester Black
Leaf-Chronicle

It's not hard to see why LeaAnn Meek is happy to be living in the Rossview Road home she purchased over the summer.

As her 3-year-old happily bounces around the living room, off the couch and onto the rug over the hardwood floor with toy truck in hand, Meek explains that being a full-time student at Hopkinsville Community College, working at Kmart and living at her parent's house was becoming untenable.

"It was getting tough on Caleb living with my parents," Meek said. ...